And that same Father says to each soul in His
infinite loving kindness, "Thou art Mine and I am thine: I am thine and
thou art Mine, for I have chosen thee from all eternity." … When we unite
ourselves to God by love, then we are spirit: but when we are caught up and
transformed by God’s Spirit, then we are led into fruition. And the spirit of
God Herself breathes us out from Herself that we may love, and may do good
works; and again he draws us into Himself, that we may rest in fruition. And
this is Eternal Life; even as our mortal life subsists in the indrawing and
outgoing of our breath.
~John of Ruysbroeck, De Septem Gradibus Amoris, ch. 14 (alt.)
source: SG
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